some traditions are meant to be followed

some traditions are just meant to be followed, don't you think.

i am pretty surprised why some people just do away with traditions when they didn't strike me particularly as very forward-thinking or modern people.

no new clothings for CNY? not even day 1?! that I really cant fathom.

 

at least for me when im growing up, buying new clothings excites me (now, still do :P) and it was great bonding time with my parents hunting down the perfect clothes, shoes and even bags for the few days of celebration.

and it symbolizes a new beginning and in some sense, it helps to cultivate a good mentality of looking back at the past year, summarizing the ups & downs, learning from the year and then looking ahead to the new year with good aspirations and feeling hopeful.

and its our Chinese roots. if you strip away all these symbolism, then perhaps its really no different a CNY day to you as compared to any other day.

but its the meaning behind the festive season that forms our Chinese culture and history.

 

but of cos sometimes, it really depend on one's perspective.

if you choose to see the meaningless in everything then well, a day is a day.

that's your choice.

 

and so in the good spirit of upholding traditions, the gang did our annual CNY gathering at dd & grace's house!

and it was a whole day affair of get-together (gambling)!

 

some of us met up at dd's house at 11am and after the bai-nian "ceremony" to his mum and gramps, we started our MJ session without further ado! *hiaks*

it was 1 round of MJ before we adjourned to grace's house at 1+pm.

 

and from there, we continued another 2 rounds of MJ!!

we had zi char dinner & lohei with a lot of crazy "auspicious" phrases thrown in when tossing the yusheng. LOL.

 

 

the 2 preggies were missed. one is waiting for delivery anytime, the other has family dinner.

self-portrait shot with zm's S4 @ grace's house

4 of us continue our 3rd round of MJ after dinner while the rest transformed to couch potato to watch Ameizing concert.

but we were all singing her good old songs out loud the whole time.

ahh... revealing our age. :P

 

AND then, its the customary BJ session which lasted all the way until 1am... @_@

i was so tired out by the time I reached home yesterday.....

and i lost money from all the gambling. *pui*

first time for so many years running.

evil monkey zm won from all 3 of us roosters at the MJ table!

isn't it a good year for roosters rather than monkeys??

 

oh well, it was good fun with the peeps!

next gathering: gb's bday!